Nose-guard for eyeglasses.



1%. 763,907. I P-ATENTED JUNE 28, 1904.

G. J. KIRBY.

NOSE GUARD FOR EYEGLASSES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16. 1903.

NO MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented June 28, 1904.

PATENT OFF-roe.

NOSE-GUARD FOR EYEGLASSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,907, dated. June 28,1904.

Application filed March 16, 1903.

T of. whom, it 'mmg concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. KIRBY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Nose-Guards for Eyeglasses; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in eyeglasses or spectacles, and particularly to the nose-guards, for the same.

It consists in a nose-guard for eyeglasses or. spectacles formed with a nose-engaging portion curved for a part of its length, the concaved edge being turned to the front, ,so

7 that the rounded or convex portion is turned toward the face of the wearer.

The invention also consists in anose-guard for eyeglasses and spectacles comprising a nose-engaging portion and an attaching portion for securing it to the eyeglasses or spectacles, the upper portion of the nose-engaging part being curved rearwardly and then.

forwardly to give the upper portion of said nose-engaging partahook-shaped appearance, the convex edge of said guard being turned toward the face of the wearer.

It also consists in certain other novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of eyeglasses, showing my improved nose-guard applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section taken transversely through the bow of theglasses, the nose-guard being shown in side elevation. Fig. 3 is aside elevation of a nose-guard struck from a single piece of metal, the attaching portion being adapted for folding back upon the body portion of the nose-guard for a partof its length. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing a nose-guard formed'with separated nose-engaging portions. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view further illustrating the form of nose-guard shown in Fig. 3.

The present invention is designed for the dig into the flesh.

Serial ITO-148,076. (No model.)

production of a nose-guard that will hold glasses in position 'upon the wearers nose with the least possible tension or pressure upon the nose and also to provide'a simple means for maintaining them in the desired position.

In the accompanying drawings I haveillustrated my invention as applied to eyeglasses -1 1, the glasses being connected by a bow spring 2; The guards 3 arepreferably formed or struck up from a single piece of metal and are provided with an attaching portion 4, by which they may be secured to the glasses. As shown inFigs. 1 and 2, the attaching portions may be made to fit into the recess or boX 5 of the eyeglass-stud 6.

A portion of the nose-guard 3 is preferably curved, so as to form a partial hook, as at 7 the convex edge of the curved portion being turned toward the face of the wearer. In using a guard curved in this manner the curved portion will press into. the soft fleshy part of the nose, thereby raising the flesh somewhat in front of the curved portion of the guard. This is found to be very effective for preventing the moving of the glasses up- 'ward, downward, or outward with very little tension in the bow-spring. Asshown in the drawings, the curved portion of the noseguard is preferably arranged at the upper end thereof, while the lower end of said guard, as 8, which projects below the point of attachment of the guard with the glasses, maintains the glasses in proper alinement, forming the lower bearing of the guards.

By turning the curved portion of the noseguard with its concaved edge forward or away from the face not only is a good hold obtained upon the flesh of the nose, but in such a way that the guards cannot fall forward or downward. The turning of the curved portion in this way is also of advantage in that the end of the guard, which need not be very thick or wide, is not turned toward the face, so as to I contemplate also making the guard of material sufliciently pliable to permit of the curved end of the guard being varied in its curvature. It is only necessary to apply a pair of pliers to the curved end of the guard for shaping the said curved portion,

making its curvature greater or less, as may be desired.

The attaching portion 4: may be formed upon the guard at points intermediate its length, as shown in Figs. land 2, or at the lower end of the guard, as shown in Fig. 3. The form of guard shown in Fig. 3 is such that the guardattaching portion 9 is connected with the lower end of the guard by an elongated piece 10. This guard and attaching-piece may be struck out of a single piece of metal, and then the attaching portion 9 and the connecting part 10 may be folded back upon the body portion of the guard, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. This construction of guard permits of greater spring action between the nose-engaging portion of the guard and the point of attachment of such guard to the eyeglasses.

While I preferably construct the nose*en gaging portion of the guard of a continuous piece, Imay form the said nose-engaging portion with separated parts without. departing from the spirit of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 4, the upper curved flesh-engaging portion 11 of the guard may be separated from the lower bearing portion 12. In this instance the attaching part 13 is formed with two branching arms, one carrying the curved hooked part 11, While the other carries the lower bearing 12'. It will be evident also that I may make various other changes in minor details or in the shape of the guard,.provided the curved flesh-engaging portion is. turned outwardly, without altering the spirit of the invention.

It will be seen from the above description that by my invention I am able to produce a guard for glasses, spectacles, or the like which will be found exceedingly comfortable for the wearer, since it is able to engage the flesh of the wearers nose so that it will not easily beof this invention.

come disengaged therefrom and yet will re quire very light pressure for maintaining it imposition. The guard may be made of a single piece of metal struck up at a single operation or may be made of more than one piece properly secured together, all within the scope Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I 1. A nose-guard for eyeglasses or spectacles, provided with a body portion terminating'at its upper end in an outwardly-facing suspending-hook, the end of the hook depending at the front.

2. A nose-guard for eyeglasses, comprising a nose-engaging part terminating-at its upper end in a forwardly-bent tapering hooked end.

3'. A nose-engagingpart for eyeglasses provided with a C-shaped terminal suspendinghook at its upper end, the said hook being bent at the front and turned outwardly from the face of the wearer;

4:. A nose-guard for eyeglasses comprising a nose-engaging bar enlarged at its lower end and curved forwardly at right angles to the body portion of the guard at its upper end for hanging upon the flesh of the wearer.

5. A nose-guard comprising a glass-attaching-portion,a nose-engagingbar, a connectingpiece interposed between said attaching portion and the said bar and a forwardly and downwardly facing hook formed at the upper end of the nose-engaging portion.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE J. KIRBY.

VVi-tnesses:

GEORGE WALTER, Trros. KELL. BRADFORD. 

